City Commissioners voted 4-1 during their Dec. 2 meeting to annex about 24 acres and assign R-10 mobile home park zoning for the IX Blessings development on the east side of the city. Commissioner Shannon Wilson voted against the project citing concerns about the financial model of the developer owning the land under the manufactured homes and leasing it to
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City Commissioners unanimously approved a Community Development Block Grant funding agreement with NeighborWorks Great Falls during their Dec. 2 meeting for the purchase and demolition of a condemned house. Commissioners approved $50,000 for NWGF to purchase and demolish an abandoned and condemned house at 1118 2nd Ave. S. City approves two CDBG projects NWGF is purchasing the property for about
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The Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa Indians are requesting to annex 18.4 acres into the City of Great Falls for development of 41 single family homes, 18 townhomes and 46 apartments. The proposed project, dubbed Good Medicine, will go before Neighborhood Council 3 on Dec. 4. The project must also go before the planning board and city commission but
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A 152-unit housing development is proposed the east side of Great Falls. The development is on the agenda for the Nov. 20 Neighborhood Council 4 meeting. The project area, known as Beebe tracts, is located on the north side of 3rd Avenue South, between 57th and 60th streets south. The applicant, Cal Kunkel, is planning to turn the 19.2 acres
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Gov. Greg Gianforte and Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs, joined community members to celebrate the High School House program, a collaboration between NeighborWorks Great Falls and Great Falls Public Schools. The two men toured the 48th High School House, currently under construction at 1314 6th Ave. S., and visited with the construction students. They also signed a wall inside
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A group of local nonprofit agencies and the school district are working to serve the unhoused population in Cascade County. During an Oct. 20 meeting with Cascade County Commissioners, representatives from Alliance for Youth, Family Promise and St. Vincent de Paul discussed their effort to develop a transitional housing facility. The group received a planning grant through the Montana Healthcare
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The city planning board unanimously voted to recommend annexation and zoning for a proposed 154-pad manufactured home park at 4600 7th Ave. N. on the east end of Great Falls during their Oct. 14 meeting. The proposal for IX Blessings development includes annexing about 25 acres and assigning R-10 mobile home park zoning for the establishment of 154 manufactured home
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City staff reviewed the options for using tax increment financing funds toward workforce housing and determined it doesn’t really meet the identified need of filling upper downtown floors, but commissioners instructed staff to continue working on making it an available tool for property owners and developers. In March, representatives from Great Falls Development Alliance, NeighborWorks Great Falls, Home Builders Association of Great Falls and
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City Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the annexation agreement for the second phase of Eagle’s Crossing during their Sept. 2 meeting. Commissioners approved the original agreement in March 2007 for this phase of of the development with a provision requiring the property owner to complete all public infrastructure improvements within two years. In 2029, the developer submitted a request
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City Commissioners approved two agreements in August for Community Development Block Grant funding. The first is $24,000 to the Montana Legal Services Association for the Montana Housing Justice Project. The agency is using the funds to support legal service for their Montana Housing Justice Project, which will provide legal service to 15 low-moderate income individuals or families, who are experiencing
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